Broadcast with A100 – Rhombus Support

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Broadcast Overview

With Rhombus’ A100 Audio Gateway, organizations can capture synchronized video-audio evidence and add intelligent audio recognition to their security platform. The A100 also gives users the power to communicate through the sensor—you can amplify live messages, broadcast pre-recorded messages, and have two-way conversations.

With broadcast, you can simultaneously play the same audio message across multiple A100s at the same location. This enables you to communicate efficiently at scale throughout your organization. For added convenience, this feature is available as a module on your Dashboard—add the Broadcast dashlet for quick and easy access.

For example, you can use this feature to:

Broadcast a pre-recorded message that your business will close in 15 minutes.
Read live morning announcements throughout the school.
Amplify emergency evacuation instructions across your entire organization.

Note: This feature requires Enterprise Licenses and will only broadcast at one location at a time.

Enabling Broadcast

Broadcast can be enabled in either the Dashboard of your console, or within the Locations tab.

Dashboard

1. To enable broadcast on your dashboard, log into the Rhombus console and click the "Customize Dashboard" button in the top right corner under "Settings."

2. Next, select "Broadcast" from the drop-down next to "Dashlets" in the upper left and click "Add dashlet."

3. Once added, you must select a location to activate this feature.

Locations Tab

1. Select the tab titled "Locations" along the left toolbar.

2. Once in the "Locations" tab, select the location you'd like to enable Broadcast.

3. After selecting the desired location, click "Audio Gateways" along the top and click the "Open Broadcast" button.

Utilizing Broadcast

Below is a screen recording example of utilizing Broadcast in the Rhombus console. Whether you choose to enable Broadcast via your Dashboard or the "Locations" tab, it will operate the same way.

When using Broadcast, you are given three options for what you want broadcast:

Click to Talk - This will let you speak through multiple A100 devices through the Rhombus console.
Pre-recorded Audio - This will allow you to broadcast an audio clip from your list of uploaded audio files. To learn how to upload audio files to your console, see our KBA titled Audio File Management.
Record - This will allow a user to record audio in real-time and then have the option to preview or play it.

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